Working on facts of 6

 Here is the Smart board lesson I have made for 6, it is just like 5 but I now wrote the number 6 on each screen so they remember we are working on SIX and not 5 anymore.  They move some of one and some of another and make six, writing how many of each they have and then writing the math sentence under it - still working on that part as you can see, but progress has been made! :)

 Same game from last week, but I bumped it up to making 6.  I used an egg carton cut down to 10.  I then wrote the numbers 1-6 in the bottom of each, leaving 7-10 with no numbers.  The students roll the dice and and put that number of red ones in the ten frame.  They then fill up the other numbers with blue so in the end, they just have 6 pieces in the egg carton.  Then they write down how many red ones and how many blue ones. 

We played gamebone again today because they enjoyed it on 100th day and not everyone had a chance to play as long as they would like.  Great game.

 Save the Snowman is a great little bump game I have used before.  The students are adding numbers and covering up the number they get.  They can bump a friend off if they only have one on the number they need, but if they have two locked on then they can't knock off the friend.

 Counting Plus - a great game, hands down a favorite of mine.

 

Teen bingo, I decided to make this an independent station for math, they draw a ten frame card and cover up that number.  It went very well and I hope they will start to count OFF from the known 10 - fingers crossed!

 Here are the students building with TP rolls and paper plates. I have them numbered 11 - 21 and they are to stack the tubes in order.  I put a number 21 so they can see the difference and so I can see who noticed!

 Counting Race is a great app that up to four children can play at a time.  You can add, subtract and just count numbers.

The bowl game is a great game I have shown before, but today we bumped up to 6 and practiced writing our math sentence LONG ways.  This was a new thing for us. :)

 I used an old game I made up and added a little twist to it - taking a 1 1/2 by 1 1/2 piece of paper, I had the children write the teen number instead of just matching it as we have done before.

This is a great teen game.  It uses several different ways to show the teen numbers in a cute little game!

February Fun - teen numbers, addition, great counting apps

 I adapted this game from a game I found here.  The students roll the die and if they roll a three, they place three red ones on the five frame I made.  They then fill in the remaining squares with blue and write the math equation on the board - this board I found on a missing addend game I found on TPT for thanksgiving.  I tell the students if they roll the same number they have already rolled, to roll again so they have different math equations.

Here the students are picking a card ( I also found on tpt) and the students pick a snowman and place the number of buttons on the ten frame that the card ask for.  I then ask the students to show the number with the cards that I made and placed on a ring. (each set has the number 0-9 just on a small index card and laminated and a ring placed to keep one set in order)

 These nice little set cards are nice to have around.  They can just be placed in page protectors and I can check students very quickly.  I is really helping the students to apply their knowledge of ten frames and as a teacher I can see very quickly how far along many students are!

 Oh, now this is a new favorite!!!  We have a SMART table that is about 5 years old.  We have only one that we share between six classes.  So we only see it for about a month.  The students love it so much, but they are very expensive ($7,000)  BUT, I have found this little app called Counting Plus.  It is amazing.  Two students (or four) can play at the same time.  They can play just to play or they can compete against each other.  It flashes the objects quickly so subitizing is addressed and it will speed up or slow down.  AWESOME!

  This is a great packet and in it is this little go fish game that includes an "I can" card that is helpful for a free running station.  My students LOVE this game!

 This is a great little Bump game - they play it great, they are adding and do not know it, and they are working on winning nicely and loosing happily.

Xtra math - our school decided to do this, everyone said that it probably would not be for Kindergarten, but since I love technology, I thought I would at least check it out.  WOW, from what I can tell it is a free program.  You add your children, they get a four digit code that they can use at home also.  Parents can check their progress and each week, Xtra math sends me a report letting me know who has mastered which fact families.  I have added this into my math tubs.  I figure five minutes a day is great.  I feel that my kids are going to really have a jump start for first grade when it comes to learning math facts.  This really helps them move quickly.  They ONLY problem I have with this is that now, when I read a word problem, they are quick to tell me the answer instead of sketching it out! I have to remind them that they have to SHOW me, even if they know.  It's not a terrible problem. :)

A New Year - Hitting the teens and addition

 We are using Marshmallows to show teen numbers - we use this time to talk about germs and how we will all be using the same marshmallows.  So friends that remember NOT to eat the treats, will get a few clean ones before they leave this math tub. :) The link to this activity is gone, but you can use this and just have the students draw a number.  Or this one.

 Making 5 on the SMART Board - the students make five, write the number of each in the blank, and then write a math problem. 3 + 2 = 5

 Pentagrams - just a great thing to keep friends busy as they wait their turn at the SMART Board.

 Xtra Math is a great website for practicing math facts - that is all it is, but it does keep up with your students progress and you can check on how they are doing.  It will surprise you how quickly some children pick this skill up.  It can also be done at home.

A great little addition game on the touches.

Weeks 10, 11, 12 Teen numbers!!!

We have been working very diligently on teen numbers, what they look like, how we print them, how we make them, how not to be confused by them . . .

 Here the students are playing Grab, Move, Show.  The students GRAB a handful of the gems, place them on one side of the paper, MOVE them to the other side as they count, and SHOW the number.  The skill I am trying to teach is to MOVE the items in order to count them properly.
And they learn to grab more or less as the goal is to get a teen number.  :)

 Dots to show the number in ten frames.

 Lakeshore game focusing on 11-15

 Teen tic tac toe

 The Postman game from ICT.  Here is the link
Excellent for teen numbers.

 I just received a grant for a light table and science items, YEAH, so I am using my light table here in math to work with tangrams.  The children are trying to make a square using all seven pieces.  Or at least different shapes using a couple of pieces.

Teen Bingo! (with a parent helper)

Puzzels and Big Numbers

This week my focus is bigger numbers, the children are still using my little homemade numbers that we used last week to put number in order from 9 - 25. The children have a stack of the cards face down in front of them, they draw a card and show me that number with the square tiles. I try to encourage the children to LINE up their items so counting is easier for me! (and them) Here is a cute game that I found, they fill a jar and later there is a recording sheet that goes along with this that uses the ten frame.

These are just foam pieces cut for filling in with pattern blocks. I have about 6 different shapes for the students to fill in. Ten frame game, it has a add section and the children add the number together on a ten frame. great game!

The apple iTouch is a great tool, the children do a variety of math games, from addition, to math vocabulary, to tangrams. They love them.

Math Tubs middle of March - Teen numbers and counting

Here is what we are doing this week:

Putting numbers in order . . .

Domino Parking Lot

I introduced this domino activity this week so the children will get use to counting the dominos. We will use these coming up in the next quarter for addition and this is just a little preparation for that activity. The children are just counting the dots and "parking" them in the correct space in the lot. Here the children are making dots showing the correct teen number that is written on the side.

Here is the link to this https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8xANU8VHtcHczZ4aWQ3c21TSHUzNG1fR1JvUlA0dw/edit

ten frame fill in with bear.

One more game, children roll the dice and place a marker on ONE MORE. Sorry, I can't figure out where I found this one. :)

Tic tac toe, writing teen numbers and problem solving.

Counting dots on the SMART table.

Ten Frames on the computers.

I am also beginning my testing this week, so I will pull children to the back table while my assistant monitors the room and checks work.